Most CineCulture screenings are at 5:30 p.m. on Fridays during the fall semester in the Peters Education Center Auditorium (5010 N. Woodrow Ave. in the Student Recreation Center). Some screenings are held with Fresno Filmworks at Tower Theatre (815 E. Olive Ave.). See the full list below. All films screened on campus are free and open to the public. Parking is not enforced after 4 p.m. on Fridays.

Discussant: Gayla Jamison, film director, and Nancy Meyer,September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows. (peacefultomorrows.org/) “In Our Son’s Name” is an intimate portrait of Phyllis and Orlando Rodríguez, whose son, Greg, dies with thousands of others in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The bereaved parents choose reconciliation and nonviolence over vengeance and begin a transformative journey that both confirms and challenges their convictions.

Nov. 4: Armenian Film (to be announced)

Nov. 11-13 (Veterans Day Nov. 11): Filmworks/Festival: to be announced

Discussant: Dr. Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval, dean of the College of Arts and Humanities

Co-sponsors: The Department of Chicano and Latin American Studies, the College of Arts and Humanities, the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures and the Center for Creativity and the Arts

Dec. 9: Filmworks – To be announced

Tower Theatre

CineCulture is a film series provided as a service to Fresno State students, faculty and staff and the community. CineCulture is also offered as a three-unit academic course (MCJ 179) in the Mass Communication and Journalism Department.

The CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening discussions. Fresno State encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities.

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